This paper studies choices on prevention and cure in a context where an agent bears a health risk. In this framework we first analyze interdependence between the optimal levels of prevention and cure. Second, we study the effects on optimal choices of a change in the cost of one of the two instruments and we examine substitutability between them. Finally we present findings about the effects of a change either in the seriousness of the possible disease or in the efficiency of the medical treatment.
Optimal choice on prevention and cure: a new economic analysis / Menegatti, Mario. - In: THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS. - ISSN 1618-7598. - 15:4(2014), pp. 363-372. [DOI 10.1007/s10198-013-0479-y]
Optimal choice on prevention and cure: a new economic analysis
MENEGATTI, Mario
2014-01-01
Abstract
This paper studies choices on prevention and cure in a context where an agent bears a health risk. In this framework we first analyze interdependence between the optimal levels of prevention and cure. Second, we study the effects on optimal choices of a change in the cost of one of the two instruments and we examine substitutability between them. Finally we present findings about the effects of a change either in the seriousness of the possible disease or in the efficiency of the medical treatment.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
